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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1E Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:56-4208 USAF
    Construction Number:23853
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1E sn 56-4208 USAF cn 2385...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hurlburt Field Memorial Airpark, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a L-19E-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    4 October 1957

    Accepted by the USAF for delivery to the Army.

    October 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-4208.

    Initially tasked with artillery adjustment and recon duties.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as O-1E.

    From Circa 1965 to 1972

    Served with one of eleven Reconnaissance Airplane Companies deployed to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

    1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-4208.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 1 SOMSG/CD, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    20 October 1973

    To Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
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    Markings Applied: 64208
    Marked as a Hurlburt Field-based O-1E that was utilized in training and exercises through the mid-1970s.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    To Hurlburt Field Memorial Airpark, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Home Facts by Realty Trac
    Hurlburt Field
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    WikiMapia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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